Starring: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman, and Chris Hemsworth Directed by: Drew Goddard Screenplay by: Drew Goddard At first, this is a film that feels like it's going to be another one of those classic "who done it?" murder mysteries. The kind where a band of misfits has to figure out together who killed someone in the party. If you look at the run time of Bad Times (a whopping 2 hrs and 20 minutes), you might think there's no way a murder mystery could last that long on screen. But you just have to keep watching. It's not what you think... A group of people who don't know each other appear to have all come together at the El Royale hotel; a small, but once glamorous establishment that straddles the border of California and Nevada not far from Lake Tahoe. They have nothing to do with each other, but all are hiding something. The vacuum salesman (Jon Hamm) doesn't seem to be exact
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, and Corey Stoll Directed by: Damien Chazelle Screenplay by: Josh Singer Based on the book by James R. Hansen Yes, this is the same director who did La La Land from a few years ago. But this is a true story this time, and not necessarily a feel good one. Many of us know about Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. First Man is not simply the story of the moon landing, but the story about Armstrong and what led him to be the first man in history to walk on the moon. It's a story about making huge sacrifices for himself, and his family, in order to accomplish such a goal, as well as overcoming a great deal of grief. The film focuses almost entirely on Neil (Ryan Gosling). The film opens up on him as one of the premiere pilots in the military, piloting the X-15; a plane that was capable of flying over 100,000 feet altitude. He is portrayed as